Turtles

however, they tell a somewhat different story. Sandy, Barney, Julian, and Sam are all different people right? This proves to be true in both the movie and the book. The Westing Game, written by Ellen Raskin, is a book about a 12 year old girl named Turtle, or Tabitha Ruth, who discovers who was responsible for the death of her dear Uncle Sam. There is a competition between the characters, and a race against time, to uncover the culprit responsible for the death of Sam Westing. There are many…

grow. When Taylor goes to a lookout with Mattie, Estevan, and Esperanza upon her return she discovers a man attacked Turtle in the park which leds to her conclusion that “...all in one piece as far as I could see, but Turtle was changed. All these months we had spent together were gone for her. I knew it from her eyes…” (222). This incident not only leads to a huge setback for Turtle, but Taylor blames herself and her once trusted community for what happened. Angry, Taylor withdraws from the…

Natural selection is a change in organism over time that results in the rise of a new species. Natural selection drives the evolution of species by picking the ones that possibly have better benefits and can survive better. An example that shows how natural drives the evolution of species is the beetles. The beetles have two different colors that they can inherit from their parents. They can be in the color green or brown. The beetles will get eaten by crows depending on the environment they are…

The American dream was a subject often written about by the authors of the 20th century, as it had become nothing more than a dream to many who struggled greatly during the Great Depression. American author John Steinbeck, who grew up in modest means and was a blue-collar worker for much of his life, even swayed towards socialist ideals which he commented upon heavily in many of his novels. Steinbeck used many of his pieces to bring his observations of social and economic injustice to the eye of…

Senior Symposium Summary The first presentation was on Art, Dance, and Music. The research questions aimed to discover the ways that arts can be used for therapy. Creative therapies use new perspectives to treat patients. Each form of art therapy has a different strength. Art therapy is emotional, and it helps people express feelings. It can be used as a form of relaxation or meditation, and as a means of symbolic communication. Many people benefit from art therapy, and materials can be…

groups of turtles, which are found on different islands. The turtles on one island have 24 chromosomes, while the turtles on another island have 48 chromosomes. How would you explain this observation? How do you think the turtles with 48 chromosomes came into being? If you mated the two types of turtles together, would you expect their offspring to be phenotypically normal? Would you expect them to be fertile? Explain. Judging by the information provided it would seem as if the turtles would…

Thank God for the Sea Shepherds With a helicopter, two ships, and a fearless group of men and women, Sea Shepherd, a non-profit advocacy organization, battles on behalf of God’s great whales—the largest mammals on planet Earth. Founded in 1977 by its president Paul Watson, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society does whatever it takes to stop crews on Japanese whaling vessels from slaughtering whales. Watson was also cofounder and board member of Sea Shepherd’s sister organization, Greenpeace.…

The focal point of the turtle and egg are directly centered in the painting. So, if the paint was spilt down in the middle both sides will have half of the focal point. The elements and principles used make the painting unified. Everything that was painted makes sense and placed proportionally. The arteries and veins are proportionally placed around the egg to supply nutrients and growth. The egg is placed over the passageway illustrate independent life. The turtle that represents…

As the Earth goes through time, we began to see that the species that were developing were slowly evolving into the modern day turtles that we see now. They began to lose their rough scaly shell with the N. argentina and the N.oweni and began to develop a more smooth texture, needed for swimming. This is where we discover the genus Meiolania (“small roamer”). The species within Meiolania have been known to be on earth until about 2000-3000 years ago living between the Oligocene-Holocene eras and…

of cash, the catch, the murderer is one of the heirs. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin contains many similarities and differences worth examining. The Westing Game story focuses on a young teen, Turtle Wexler, who becomes the lead character in figuring out the Westing Game. The game began when Turtle went into the Westing mansion on a bet issued by Otis Amber, Doug Hoo, and Sandy McSouthers. When she went into the mansion she saw the dead body of Sam Westing. Then, the heirs from Sam’s past…